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Damien Jewan Lee should have been Oscar-nominated

posted 20 years ago by Senator_Corleone
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Damien Jewan Lee (Vernon) should have been nominated for an Academy Award. His monologue in the bathroom is one of the best scenes I've ever seen.

[–] beaucoupjosue 19 years ago

Not only that, it's an absolute travesty that Tim Orr wasn't even nominated for his photography on this film.

[–] PuddinTaine 10 years ago

Agreed, phenomenal camerawork.

He's still lookin' goood, eatin' them sandwiches all the tiiiime.

[–] oracio_r 18 years ago

DGG went on record stating at the start of shooting that every actor who'd ever won an oscar was a bad actor. He apparently did this to initiate the mostly inexperienced young actors on the whole process. It's somewhere on the DVD.

[–] Ohheyhi 13 years ago

agreed, his performance throughout was beautiful, and the monologue was stunning.

[–] Howlin Wolf 11 years ago

I wouldn't go that far - mainly because he doesn't have enough screentime to warrant it, in my opinion - but he WAS great! (No, I wouldn't have given Dame Judi Dench the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, either!)

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